Isochron/Arcane
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terryclothSince people are appealing to authority on this particular non-combo, I looked it up:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/satschoolarchive&term=Arcane_Laboratory
Saturday School questions matching "arcane laboratory"
From Saturday School #48 by Rune Horvik, Saturday, October 18, 2003:
Q: If I have Rule of Law or Arcane Laboratory in play, can I play a spell, like Unsummon, and activate my Isochron Scepter on the same turn?
A: No, you can't. Since Isochron Scepter says that you play the spells, they fall under the restrictions of Rule of Law and Arcane Laboratory. You can activate the Scepter after having played a spell, but you won't be allowed to play the copy the Scepter creates.
also see:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/satschoolarchive&term=Isochron
if you want to see them belaboring, over and over and OVER AND OVER, the point that when Isochron Scepter says 'make a copy of the imprinted spell and play it' you're playing the copy.
They do point out that many other cards that let you imprint spells 'put them on the stack', which is different. I'd still like to see whatever reference said that was what was happening with Isochron Scepter.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/satschoolarchive&term=Arcane_Laboratory
Saturday School questions matching "arcane laboratory"
From Saturday School #48 by Rune Horvik, Saturday, October 18, 2003:
Q: If I have Rule of Law or Arcane Laboratory in play, can I play a spell, like Unsummon, and activate my Isochron Scepter on the same turn?
A: No, you can't. Since Isochron Scepter says that you play the spells, they fall under the restrictions of Rule of Law and Arcane Laboratory. You can activate the Scepter after having played a spell, but you won't be allowed to play the copy the Scepter creates.
also see:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/satschoolarchive&term=Isochron
if you want to see them belaboring, over and over and OVER AND OVER, the point that when Isochron Scepter says 'make a copy of the imprinted spell and play it' you're playing the copy.
They do point out that many other cards that let you imprint spells 'put them on the stack', which is different. I'd still like to see whatever reference said that was what was happening with Isochron Scepter.
